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Yasamin Kusunoki
Funded Research:
Relationship Violence: The Role of Dynamic Relationship Processes (PSC Initiatives Fund)
Neighborhood Context, School Context, and Romantic Relationships (NICHD)
Characterizing Young Women’s Relationship Experiences (PSC Initiatives Fund)
Young Women's Relationships, Contraception, and Unintended Pregnancy (NICHD)
Assistant Research Scientist, Population Studies Center and Survey Research Center.
Ph.D., UCLA
Dr. Kusunoki’s research focuses on understanding the sources of gender, racial/ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in health and demographic behaviors during adolescence and the transition to adulthood. She is particularly interested in the social contexts in which young people are embedded such as their families, neighborhoods, and romantic and sexual relationships. Current investigations include the influence of multiple, dynamic social contexts on young women’s risk of unintended pregnancy; the ways in which neighborhoods shape young people’s relationship experiences; and the role of gender and relationship characteristics on condom use.
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
Barber, Jennifer S., Yasamin Kusunoki, and Heather H. Gatny. 2011. "Design and Implementation of an Online Weekly Survey to Study Unintended Pregnancies." Vienna Yearbook of Population Research, 9: 327-334. PMCID: PMC3298188. Abstract. Public Access.
Kusunoki, Yasamin, and Dawn M. Upchurch. 2011. "Contraceptive Method Choice among Youth in the United States: The Importance of Relationship Context." Demography, 48(4): 1451-1472. PMCID: PMC3302660. DOI. Abstract. Public Access.
PSC Reports
Gatny, Heather, Yasamin Kusunoki, and Jennifer S. Barber. 2013. "Pregnancy Scares and Subsequent Unintended Pregnancy." PSC Research Report No. 13-789. April 2013. Abstract. PDF.
Gatny, Heather, Jennifer S. Barber, and Yasamin Kusunoki. 2013. "Young Women and Substance Use during Pregnancy: The Role of Social Support." PSC Research Report No. 13-788. April 2013. Abstract. PDF.
Barber, Jennifer S., Yasamin Kusunoki, Heather Gatny, and Paul Schulz. 2013. "Continued and On-Time Participation in a Weekly Online Survey." PSC Research Report No. 13-786. April 2013. Abstract. PDF.
Barber, Jennifer S., Heather H. Gatny, and Yasamin Kusunoki. 2012. "The Results of an Experiment: Effects of Intensive Longitudinal Data Collection on Pregnancy and Contraceptive Use." PSC Research Report No. 12-781. December 2012. Abstract. PDF.
Barber, Jennifer S., Yasamin Kusunoki, Heather Gatny, and Jamie Budnick. 2010. "The Relationship Between Dating Conflict and Pregnancy: Preliminary Results." PSC Research Report No. 10-720. October 2010. Abstract. PDF.
Kusunoki, Yasamin, Jennifer S. Barber, Heather Gatny, and Jamie Budnick. 2010. "Relationship Characteristics and Conflict Reported in an Online Weekly Survey: Preliminary Results." PSC Research Report No. 10-719. October 2010. Abstract. PDF.
Barber, Jennifer S., Yasamin Kusunoki, and Heather Gatny. 2010. "Design and Implementation of an Online Weekly Survey to Study Unintended Pregnancies: Preliminary Results." PSC Research Report No. 10-705. June 2010. Abstract. PDF.
Barber, Jennifer S., Heather Gatny, Yasamin Kusunoki, and Jennifer Eckerman Yarger. 2010. "Attitudes Predicting Pregnancies Reported in an Online Weekly Survey: Preliminary Results." PSC Research Report No. 10-704. May 2010. Abstract. PDF.